St. George Parish

The first historical reference to the parish of St. George dates from 1258, in the Inquiries of D. Afonso III, where it is referred to that it belonged to the bishopric of Tui. But there are other documents where it appears referred to, such as D. Dinis's catalogue of 1320, which indicates that it had been taxed at 60 pounds, or the evaluation of the ecclesiastical benefits of the county of Valencia, 1546, which mentions that the church of St. George of Valdevez yielded 40,000 réis.

According to the studies of Américo Costa, the church had two abbots, one alternately named by the Mitra and the canons of Santa Cruz de Coimbra, and another designated by the Viscounts of Vila Nova de Cerveira, who had no parish obligation. Abbot Manuel Barbosa Duarte describes that, in 1758, the river had "a lot of trout, vowels and scalding, and some barbo, lampreys, sums and salmon" and states that "there is no couto in it, but fishing ordinarily and without a donatary license".

The "Ancient and Modern Portugal" alluded to the existence of "a well, in the Lima River, in which the farmers lay swimming the sick cattle, in the belief that it is sane. This healing virtue is attributed by tradition to the passage of a saint (Saint Julião) through this site, fleeing the persecution of the Romans and who was finally arrested and martyred in Flavia Lambria, which according to some was between Monção and Valadares, on the site of Caldas and, according to others, in Lindoso».